The resulting programming language was called BASIC (an acronym for Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) and has become the most widely used language in the world. Initially, BASIC ...

atto seeks to combine the best of both languages. BASIC has been proven to be a great programming language for learning with, since entire generations of kids became interested in the field of ...

BASIC's creators used a similar computer four years later to develop the programming language. Credit: GE / Wikipedia A brochure for the GE 210 computer from 1964.

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob. Throughout the ...

It is intended for readers who have had some previous experience with programming, either in BASIC or in some other programming language. It assumes that you are familiar with the material in the ...

The programming language also found its way into the business world: rudimentary database management programs and other important user applications were also being written in BASIC. As an example of ...